US wants Detroit bomb suspect to be medicated

Associated Press MARQUETTE, Mich. — Federal prosecutors are seeking forced medication for a mentally ill man who is charged with leaving an explosive outside a Detroit federal building in 2011. A year after his arrest, Gary Mikulich remains in custody and has been declared incompetent to assist his lawyer and…

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Man arrested in NYC police bomb plot

By TOM McELROY Associated Press NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday an "al-Qaida sympathizer" who plotted to bomb police and post offices in New York City and U.S. troops returning home has been arrested on numerous terrorism-related charges. Bloomberg announced the Saturday arrest of 27-year-old Jose Pimentel of…

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